[Japanese Women With Mirror And Fan, And With Writing Desk]
c1880s. Pair of hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, 27.1 x 21cm (each). Minor foxing and crinkles overall. More
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“The Bund”, Kobe, Japan
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, annotated “A 215” and captioned in negative lower left, titled in pencil verso, 20.6 x 26.5cm. Foxing overall, slight creases, missing portions, stains and repaired tears to edges. Caption reads “Bund of Settlede [sic] at Kobe.” A British flag is shown flying on a flag pole..... More
[Two Japanese Girls With Bonsai]
c1880s. Ambrotype in original Paulownia wood case, 9.5 x 5.7cm (image), 11.3 x 8.6 x 1.4cm (case). More
![Item #CL173-113 The Soolay [Sule] Pagoda, Rangoon [Burma](/pictures/thumb/CL173-113.jpg?v=1492652460)
The Soolay [Sule] Pagoda, Rangoon [Burma]
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 26.7 x 21.1cm. Minor foxing, crinkles. More
![Item #CL173-115 Chinese Eatinghause, Schlachter [Butcher], Singapore](/pictures/thumb/CL173-115.jpg?v=1492652462)
Chinese Eatinghause, Schlachter [Butcher], Singapore
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in German in pencil verso, 16.4 x 21.8cm. Minor crease to upper edge. More
[Woman At A Table With Food]
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 19.6 x 13.8cm. Minor tears to upper edge. Possibly Balinese. More
[Washington DC Buildings]
c1870s-1880s. Group of 8 albumen paper photographs, various annotations in pencil verso, including “North view of President’s Mansion”, sizes range from 20.9 x 31.8cm to 21.6 x 33.8cm. Foxing, surface loss, tears and missing portions to edges. Buildings include (1) The Treasury Building (Pennsylvania Ave); (2) The United States Capitol;..... More
Views Of New York City
c1880s. Group of 9 albumen paper photographs, two titled with one showing photographer’s line and numbered “1068” in negative lower centre and right, one with photographer’s blind stamp “W. Gray” lower right, some titled in pencil verso, sizes range from 14 x 19.9cm to 19.3 x 24.2cm. Foxing, creases, some..... More
![Item #CL178-10 [Views Of San Francisco]. I W. Taber, American](/pictures/thumb/CL178-10_1.jpg?v=1492663965)
[Views Of San Francisco]
c1880s. Group of 30 albumen paper photographs, some with negative number, title, signature and caption “Photo, San Francisco” in negative in lower portion, some titled in ink on backing below image or titled in pencil verso, 8.6 x 14.4cm to 24.3 x 19.5cm. Foxing, creases, tears to edges, some silvering..... More
![Item #CL191-23 George Sand, Rudyard Kipling [and] Anthony Trollope](/pictures/thumb/CL191-23_1.jpg?v=1513996498)
George Sand, Rudyard Kipling [and] Anthony Trollope
1864-c1880s. Group of three albumen paper photographs, each titled in ink on backing below image, 11.4 x 8.5cm to 12.1 x 19.7cm. Slight foxing, each tipped to original backing. Provenance: Christies, London, 1997. The portrait of George Sand was taken by French photographer Nadar (1820-1910). Sold as a group of..... More
Photographs Of Sketches Of Solomon Islands, Drawn Aboard HMS “Emerald”
c1881. Two albumen paper photographs, captions in image, 18.5 x 23.7cm (each). Minor crinkles. Caption in one image reads “Photographed from sketches by Mr Hay, HMS Emerald. Excelsior Photo Company, 78 King Street, Sydney.” Mr. Hay, who is likely to have produced the drawings, was the second lieutenant aboard the..... More
The Celebrated Trotting Horse “Occident”
c1878/1881. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, text in letterpress including caption and publisher’s line on original backing below image and verso, gallery label on back of mount, 7 x 15.5cm (image), 11 x 16.6cm (backing). Slight silvering and foxing, laid down on original backing. Caption continues “Shewing the varied motion, the..... More
![Item #CL185-13 Horseshoe Falls [Canadian Side Of Niagara Falls]. George Barker, Canadian/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL185-13.jpg?v=1486091909)
Horseshoe Falls [Canadian Side Of Niagara Falls]
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, 49.7 x 41.1cm. Retouching and repaired tears to image edges and upper and lower centre, crazing, minor silvering. Laid down on acid-free backing. Similar image held in Library of Congress. See also items 17-18. More
![Item #CL191-25 The Loop Above Georgetown U.P Rv. [Union Pacific Railway Viaduct]. W H....](/pictures/thumb/CL191-25.jpg?v=1513996500)
The Loop Above Georgetown U.P Rv. [Union Pacific Railway Viaduct]
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, negative number “211”, caption and studio line in negative lower left to right, photographer’s name and annotations in pencil and ink with two partially obscured stamps on backing verso, 24.8 x 33.2cm. Creases, minor missing portions to corners and stains to edges, slight silvering to left..... More
![Item #CL185-15 Animal Locomotion, Plate 675 [Running Pig]. Eadweard Muybridge, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL185-15.jpg?v=1486013057)
Animal Locomotion, Plate 675 [Running Pig]
1887. Collotype with letterpress, title, date and photographer in text below image, 21.4 x 34.9cm. Slight foxing to margins, old mount burn. Held in Wellcome Library, London, with the comment “One of 781 collotypes which form Eadweard Muybridge’s magnum opus, Animal Locomotion, 1887. This work originated in an attempt to..... More
![Item #CL185-17 Niagara Falls [Cave Of The Winds]. George Barker, Canadian/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL185-17.jpg?v=1486091918)
Niagara Falls [Cave Of The Winds]
c1888. Albumen paper photograph, 49.8 x 41.2cm. Minor stain to image upper right, minor foxing to centre of image, slight crazing. Laid down on acid-free backing. Held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with the comment “…George Barker moved to Niagara Falls, New York, in the early 1860s and..... More
Niagara Falls, American Side
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, 49.7 x 41.3cm. Retouching and repaired tears to image centre and edges, minor paper remnants to image lower left. Laid down on acid-free backing. Held in National Gallery of Canada. More
[Pages From A Toy Catalogue]
c1890s. Seven hand-coloured and varnished albumen paper photographs, laid down on two sheets, annotated “no. 3” and “no. 8” in watercolour upper right, 38.8 x 18.8cm to 28.2 x 37.6cm. Slight paper remnants to one sheet, creases and soiling overall, laid down on original backing. Toys illustrated include dolls, puppets..... More
Hongkew Market and Bubbling Well Road [Shanghai]
c1890s. Pair of printout paper photographs, each numbered and titled in negative lower left, 10.7 x 15.2cm (approx. each). Minor foxing and crinkles overall, slight creases and chips to edges. More
[Hong Kong Harbour And Surrounds]
c1890s. Four hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, 21.4 x 27.9cm (approx. each). Creases to corners, minor tears to edges and slight stains to some images, minor crinkles overall. More
![Item #CL173-73 [Cormorant Fishing, Japan]. Seko, Japanese](/pictures/thumb/CL173-73_1.jpg?v=1492652043)
[Cormorant Fishing, Japan]
c1890s. Three printout paper photographs, two with Japanese characters in negative lower left or right, 20.4 x 26.8cm (approx. each). Repaired tears and creases to edges of images, minor scuffs and foxing overall. Text translates as “Cormorant fishing, Gifu prefecture, Nagaragawa River” and “Seko”, the name of the photographer. More
[Japanese Woman Pouring Sake]
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 29 x 12cm. Minor dent to lower edge of image. More
[Blind Japanese Woman Singing And Playing Shamisen]
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 28.9 x 12.1cm. Minor foxing overall. More
[Japanese Workers In Rice Paddy]
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 12.1 x 29.8cm. Minor foxing overall. More
[Woman Reading In Bed, Japan]
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 12.1 x 29.2cm. Minor discolouration to lower right corner. More